Ethnic nationalism and the fall of empires
Subtitle: Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, 1914-1923
By: Aviel Roshwald.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Nationalism -- Europe, Eastern.; Nationalism -- Middle East.; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945.; Middle East -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Other titles: Ethnic nationalism & the fall of empires
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  List of Maps xi; title: Acknowledgements xii; title: 1 Introduction 1; title: 2 Ethnicity and Empire: An Historical Introduction 7; title: The Austro-Hungarian Empire 8; title: The Russian Empire 19; title: The Ottoman Empire 28; title: Epilogue 33; title: 3 On the Eve of War: The Intelligentsia as Vanguard of Nationalism 34; title: Conflicting NationalistAgendas in East Central Europe 36; title: Poland 36; title: Czechs and Slovaks 42; title: The Dream of Yugoslav Unity 46; title: Synopsis 48; title: Populism, Socialism, and Nationalism in the Russian Empire 49; title: Social Elites and Nationalist Intellectuals in the Ottoman Empire 57; title: From Ottomanism to Turkish Nationalism 57; title: From Ottomanism to Arab Nationalism 63; title: Conclusion 67; title: 4 Straining the Imperial Molds, 1914-1918 70; title: War Front, Home Front, and the Politicization of Ethnicity in the Habsburg Empire 71; title: Loyalties on the (Front) Line 73; title: The Czech Home Front 78; title: The South Slav Lands 84; title: Synopsis 88; title: The Ethnic Dimension of War and Revolution in Russia 90; title: Nationalism and Separatism under the Provisional Government 92; title: The Socio-Cultural Bases of Ethnic Unrest 94; title: The Burden of War in the Middle East 104; title: The Radicalization of Turkish Nationalism 105; title: The Suppression of Dissent in the Arab Lands 111; title: Conclusion 114; title: 5 New Arenas of Action: Nationalisms of Occupation and Exile, 1914-1918 116; title: Zones of Occupation 116; title: Poland and Lithuania 116; title: Serbia 125; title: The Politics of Exile 128; title: The Czechoslovak National Council 129; title: The Yugoslav Committee 132; title: The Polish National Committee 138; title: Zionism 140; title: Synopsis 145; title: Volunteer Legions 146; title: The Czechoslovak Legion 147; title: Pilsudski's First Brigade 149; title: The Arab Revolt 152; title: Conclusion 155; title: 6 Defining the Boundaries of the Nation, 1918-1923 156; title: Defining Frontiers in East Central Europe 157; title: The Political Geography of Soviet Ethnofederalism 171; title: The Ethnic Dimension of Russian Political Collapse and Civil War 171; title: The Soviet Ethnofederal Experiment 174; title: Reconfiguring the Boundaries of Identity in the Middle East 183; title: The Turkish Settlement and the Kemalist State 183; title: European Imperialism as Framework for the Genesis of; title: Middle Eastern Nation-States 187; title: Statehood vs. Nationhood in the Arab World 189; title: Sectarianism and Ethno-Regional Politics in the Framework; title: of Arab Nationalism 192; title: Conclusion 196; title: 7 Old Elites and Radical Challengers in the New Nation-States, 1918-1939 198; title: Institutional Continuities and Disaffected Ethnic Groups: the Czechoslovak and Yugoslav Cases 201; title: Czechoslovakia 201; title: Yugoslavia 204; title: Revolutionary Elites in Reactionary Roles: Poland and the Arab Middle East 207; title: Poland 207; title: Syria and Iraq 211; title: Conclusion 215; title: 8 Conclusion 218; title: Notes 224; title: Index 264.